vertebrae
Example Sentences
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The vertebrae line up to create a series of ball-and-socket joints running from head to tail.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
On a recent afternoon, volunteers bustled around the museum wheeling carts of jaws and vertebrae carefully organized by species.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
After one to two months of treatment, mice treated with PTH showed clear improvements in their vertebral endplates, the thin layers that separate spinal discs from vertebrae.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
The palm wood snaking through the center of Mohammad Al Faraj’s eerie installation seems like the skeletal vertebrae of some giant creature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
At the desk, I flipped through the drawings, looking at all the sketches of shark parts—fins, teeth, and vertebrae.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
